Manual

Automatgevär m/42 B Manual

2000 Anders & Petter.

Turn the safety on.

10. Unloading

Grip the rifle with the left hand around the receiver behind the magazine.

With the right hand;

Turn the safety on.

Push the cover forward until it locks with the bolt carrier.

Pull the cover back. The chambered round will then eject to the right. The left hand fingers should be

placed to catch the round. Take it with the right hand.

Repeat this procedure until the magazine is empty.

Push down the cartridge follower and then push the cover forward.

With the thumb, push in the cover locking lever and slowly release the cover to the rear.

Turn the safety off, release the trigger and turn the safety on.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Do not forget to make sure that the safety is on before poking with your fingers inside the receiver (when

loading or unloading). If you ignore this advice you will have a very painful experience often referred to as

a “Ljungman thumb” (Ed.’s note)

11. Cleaning

The chamber and the magazine should always receive special attention. The chamber is cleaned with the

cleaning tool. The magazine is cleaned by pushing down the follower and then wiping out the inside.

Lube the magazine with # 042 lubricant. Cartridges and action should be lubed when loading the rifle.

During longer firing pauses the chamber should be cleaned with the tool and lubed with # 042 lubricant.

12. Stoppages

If a malfunction occurs, proceed as follows;

Keep the rifle at the ready position.

Note; if a dud round occurs the rifle should be kept in this position for at least 5 seconds before any further

action is taken.

Turn the safety on.

Open the action. Check that a case or a cartridge ejects when doing so.

Turn the safety off and push the cover back so that the bolt assembly slams home. While doing this, check

that a cartridge is chambered and that the bolt is fully forward.

Continue firing.

If another malfunction occurs, or if the bolt does not close properly, repeat the above process and recover

the case or cartridge that is ejected. Then check the following;